Maftoul Salad

4.88 from 8 votes

This flavorful vegan maftoul salad combines toasted pine nuts, vibrant diced vegetables, sweet cranberries and herbs in a zesty lemon dressing.

Prep Time20

Cook Time5

Total Time25

Course: Salad

Cuisine: Middle Eastern

Diet: Vegan

Servings: people

Calories: 299kcal

In a large bowl whisk together hot vegetable stock, oil, and spices. Pour couscous on top of the vegetable stock and gently mix together. Set aside for 5 minutes
1 cup Couscous , 1⅓ cup Boiling water, 1 cube Vegetable bouillon, 1 tablespoon Olive oil, 1 teaspoon All spice, ¼ teaspoon Cinnamon, ½ teaspoon Caraway
Add pine nuts to a non-stick pan over medium heat and dry toast until golden. Immediately remove the pine nuts from the pan and place them into a bowl to stop them from toasting further. Set aside.
¼ cup Pine nuts
Fluff the couscous using a fork, which should easily comb through, there should be no clumps. Then spread it out on a tray to cool it down to room temperature
Combine the prepped vegetables, cranberries, pinenuts, chili, lemon juice and chopped fresh herbs in a bowl. Add the cooled couscous and combine with a fork. Season to taste. Serve alone, as a side or in lettuce cups, see suggestions in the above article.
½ cup Red bell pepper, ½ sml Red onion, ¼ cup Flat parsley leaves, ½ cup Carrots, ¼ cup Dried cranberries, ¼ cup Fresh mint leaves, ½ small Green chili, ¼ cup Lemon juice

Serving size is an approximate.